#591A8B#591A8B

#591A8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.172 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591A8B
RGB	rgb(89, 26, 139)
HSL	hsl(273, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(273, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 81.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.94, 48.36, -49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.94, 69.50, 314.09°)
OKLab	oklab(38.36% 0.0974 -0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(38.36% 0.172 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1483, 4.7267, 24.8515)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591A8B #4C8B1A

analogous

#201A8B #591A8B #8B1A85

triadic

#591A8B #8B591A #1A8B59

tetradic

#591A8B #8B201A #4C8B1A #1A858B

square

#591A8B #8B201A #4C8B1A #1A858B

split-complementary

#591A8B #858B1A #1A8B20

monochromatic

#170724 #381057 #591A8B #7A24BF #9843DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.79

#591A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#591A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591A8B

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591A8B	1.00	10.79	1.95	10.79
#FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 26, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.172 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5fae',
    500: '#591a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591a8b;
$custom-light: #8d5fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.451,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38361,
    "c": 0.17242,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591A8B

secondary

#79BD44

accent

#EB3C8A

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #591A8B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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